Arsenal v Chelsea - live updates ...
Premier League: Play is well under way at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal lead Chelsea 1-0 courtesy of Alexandre Lacazette’s strike on 14 minutes. Scott Murray has the latest ...
Match report: Stoke City 2-1 Leeds United
Championship: An eventful week for the league leaders ended in defeat against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.
Match report: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City
Championship: Martin O’Neill’s return to the City Ground as manager was not the stuff of fairytales many had been hoping for.
Match report: Southampton 2-1 Everton
Premier League: James Ward-Prowse scored a beauty as Southampton consigned Everton to another defeat.
Comedian and Crystal Palace fan Kevin Hunter-Day tweets And I think he probably speaks for all but the most flint-hearted Palace fans when he addresses Julian Speroni’s mistake for the Mo Salah goal that put Liverpool 3-2 up.
No criticism for Julian’s error today please. He could have let a goal in because he was feeding a mouse in his glove and I wouldn’t mind. If it was Wayne, on the other hand, I’d be chasing him with a pitchfork! #CPFC
— Kevin Hunter Day (@kevinhunterday) January 19, 2019
Match report: Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace
Premier League: The league leaders were forced to work extremely hard for all three points, by an obdurate Crystal Palace side.
Match report: Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham
Premier League: Callum Wilson and Josh King were on target, while West Ham without Marko Arnautovic looked toothless.
Match report: Watford 0-0 Burnley
Premier League: A string of fine saves from Tom Heaton helped earn Burnley a point.
Match report: Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff City
Premier League: “Fabian Schär reminded everyone that football should be more about beauty and joy than grudges and grimness,” writes Louise Taylor from St James’ Park.
Match report: Manchester United 2-1 Brighton
Premier League: Manchester United made it seven wins on the trot under Ole Gunnar Solskjær with victory by the odd goal of three.
Match report: Wolves 4-3 Leicester
Premier League: Diogo Jota scored a hat-trick as Wolves stole all three points with a late, late winner.
Arsenal v Chelsea: It’s 15 minutes to kick-off time at the Emirates, where Arsenal are entertaining Chelsea. Scott Murray has the team news and build-up.
League Two results
- Lincoln City 1-0 Grimsby Town
- Cambridge United 3-2 Northampton Town
- Carlisle United 2-0 Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United 2-3 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-1 Port Vale
- Forest Green 1-2 Bury
- Macclesfield Town 2-1 Oldham Athletic
- MK Dons 0-1 Crewe
- Morecambe 1-2 Stevenage
- Newport County 1-0 Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Notts County
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League One results
- AFC Wimbledon 1-4 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-4 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 1-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-3 Walsall
- Luton Town 4-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 2-1 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Coventry City
- Rochdale 1-1 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 1-1 Sunderland
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Championship results
- Aston Villa 2-2 Hull City
- Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Ipswich Town
- Derby County 2-1 Reading
- Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall
- Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City
- QPR 1-4 Preston NE
- Rotherham United 2-4 Brentford
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wigan Athletic
- Stoke City 2-1 Leeds United
- Swansea City v Sheffield United (5.30pm)
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Full-time: Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham
Premier League: Callum Wilson was back among the goals on his return from injury as Bournemouth prevailed.
Full-time: Watford 0-0 Burnley
Premier League: Watford and Burnley failed to muster up a goal between them in the afternoon’s only top flight draw.
Full-time: Manchester United 2-1 Brighton
Premier League: Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford got the goals as Manchester United continued their remarkable winning run.
Full-time: Southampton 2-1 Everton
Premier League: Southampton were forced to survive a late Everton onslaught before taking all three points.
Full-time: Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Liverpool won by the odd goal of seven against plucky Palace to extend their lead at the top of the table.
Full-time: Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff City
Premier League: Fabian Schar scored twice as Newcastle put three without reply past their fellow relegation strugglers.
GOAL! Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace (Meyer 90+5)
Premier League: Crikey! Max Meyer scores what is almost certain to be a late consolation for Palace at Anfield. It’s been a game high on drama and excitement.
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GOAL! Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff City (Perez 90+3)
Premier League: Ayoze Perez completes Newcastle’s rout of Cardiff, converting after good work down the flank by Salomon Rondon.
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GOAL! Liverpool 4-2 Crystal Palace (Mane 90+3)
Premier League: The points were hard-earned, but Liverpool are home and hosed. Sadio Mane hares down the pitch and scores to put the game beyond Palace.
GOAL! Southampton 2-1 Everton (Sigurdsson 90+1)
Premier League: Gylfi gives Everton a chance with his 10th goal of the season.
GOAL! Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham (King 90)
Premier League: Josh King wraps up the points for Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, slotting home a tap-in from six yards.
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Red card at Anfield!
Premier League: Liverpool are down to 10 men after James Milner is sent off for two bookable offences on Wilf Zaha.
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League One: Adam Hammill scores on 87th minutes for Scunthorpe to level proceedings against sunderland who look likely to throw away another two points.
Championship: Brentford extend their lead over Rotherham, with Neal Maupay making it 4-2 to the Bees after 85 minutes. Elsewhere, QPR had gone 3-0 down against Preston at Loftus Road, but Matt Smith has just bagged a consolation for the home side. It’s QPR 1-3 Preston.
More bad news for Leeds: Already trailing 1-0 at Stoke City, the Championship leaders are now a man down. Pontus Jansson has been sent off after picking up his second yellow card of the game.
GOAL! Liverpool 3-2 Crystal Palace (Salah 75)
Premier League: A howler of epic proportions from Julian Speroni gifts Liverpool the lead again. The Palace goalkeeper is playing his first match in two years and has had a shocker, there - not that you’d know it from following the club’s Twitter feed. The veteran flapped a harmless looking volleyed cross from James Milner, sending it looping backwards towards his own goal. Mo Salah buried the ball from an inch or so out at the far post, but the ball would have gone in anyway. It may actually have crossed the line before Salah intervened.
75: Salah puts the home side back in front.
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) January 19, 2019
[3-2] #LIVCRY
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Championship: Blackburn double their lead against Ipswich Town at Ewood Park, while Preston do the same thing at QPR. It’s 2-0 in both games. Meanwhile at the New York Stadium, it’s now Rotherham 2-3 Brentford.
GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Brighton (Gross 72)
Premier League: Pascal Gross scores into the top corner after getting on the end of a deft cross from Davy Propper.
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Championship: Martin O’Neill is overseeing his first match in charge of Nottingham Forest today and it’s not going as well as he might have liked. They trail 1-0 against Bristol City, for whom Famara Diedhiou has scored. Elsewhere, Preston have just doubled their lead at QPR.
League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-3 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-3 Walsall
- Luton Town 4-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 2-1 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Coventry City
- Rochdale 0-1 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 0-1 Sunderland
Championship latest
- Aston Villa 2-2 Hull City
- Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Ipswich Town
- Derby County 2-1 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-1 Millwall
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 Bristol City
- QPR 0-1 Preston NE
- Rotherham United 1-2 Brentford
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wigan Athletic
- Stoke City 1-0 Leeds United
- Swansea City v Sheffield United (5.30pm)
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GOAL! Southampton 2-0 Everton (Digne 64og)
Premier League: Lucas Digne tries to dispossess Nathan Redmond and in the process pokes the ball past his own goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford, from all of 20 yards.
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GOAL! Liverpool 2-2 Crystal Palace (James Tomkins 65)
Premier League: It’s all square at Anfield again, where Liverpool have been pegged back by Palace. James Tomkins with the equaliser.
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GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Cardiff City (Schar 63)
Premier League: Fabian Schar scores his second of the game, the ball skittering in off his shins at a corner.
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League Two latest
- Lincoln City 1-0 Grimsby Town (result)
- Cambridge United 1-2 Northampton Town
- Carlisle United 2-0 Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United 2-1 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-1 Port Vale
- Forest Green 1-0 Bury
- Macclesfield Town 2-1 Oldham Athletic
- MK Dons 0-1 Crewe
- Morecambe 0-1 Stevenage
- Newport County 0-0 Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Notts County
League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-3 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-3 Walsall
- Luton Town 3-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 2-0 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Coventry City
- Rochdale 0-1 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 0-1 Sunderland
Championship: Said Benrahma strikes to restore Brentford’s lead against Rotherham. It’s 2-1 at the New York Stadium, where Bess fans are buzzing again.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace (Firmino 53)
Premier League: Whatever Jurgen Klopp said to his Liverpool troops at half-time seems to have done the trick. They’ve staged a quick turnaround and lead Crystal Palace by the odd goal of three. Bobby Firmino with their second goal at Anfield.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 West Ham (Wilson 54)
Premier League: Having returned from injury today, Callum Wilson does what he does best.
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GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Everton (Ward-Prowse 50)
Premier League: A stunning strike from James Ward-Prowse puts Southampton 1-0 up against Everton.
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Championship: Stoke have gone a goal up against Leeds United, where Sam Clucas has given Nathan Jones’s side the lead.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace (Salah 46)
Premier League: My inbox is filling up with angry emails from Liverpool fans who have taken a very dim view of the very notion that Mo Salah might have dived to try to win a penalty in the first half. I was under the mistaken impression Mamadou Sakho didn’t actually touch him, but according to some of the correspondence I’ve been receiving, he actually grappled Salah to the ground, kicked the Egyptian repeatedly in the head and then wiped his feet on his chest.
Anyway, all is well in the world of Liverpool fans again, as Salah has recovered sufficiently from this brutal assault to equalise for the Premier League leaders very early in the second half.
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Championship half-times
- Aston Villa 1-2 Hull City
- Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Ipswich Town
- Derby County 2-0 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-1 Millwall
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 Bristol City
- QPR 0-1 Preston NE
- Rotherham United 1-1 Brentford
- Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wigan Athletic
- Stoke City 0-0 Leeds United
- Swansea City v Sheffield United (5.30pm)
League One half-times
- AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-2 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-2 Walsall
- Luton Town 2-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 2-0 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Coventry City
- Rochdale 0-1 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Sunderland
League Two half-times
- Lincoln City 1-0 Grimsby Town (result)
- Cambridge United 1-1 Northampton Town
- Carlisle United 0-0 Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United 2-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-1 Port Vale
- Forest Green 1-0 Bury
- Macclesfield Town 1-1 Oldham Athletic
- MK Dons 0-1 Crewe
- Morecambe 0-1 Stevenage
- Newport County 0-0 Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Notts County
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Championship: Aston Villa pull a goal back against Hull City thanks to James Chester, who got on the end of Conor Hourihane’s free-kick in the 45th minute.
Championship: Harry Wilson makes it 2-0 for Derby County against Reading, who clearly weren’t paying attention to Marcelo Bielsa’s PowerPoint presentation on how best to beat Frank Lampard’s team./
GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Brighton (Rashford 42)
Premier League: Marcus Rashford curls one into the top corner to double Manchester United’s lead.
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Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace: Mo Salah takes what looks to be a blatant dive in the Crystal Palace penalty area, but avoids a booking for reasons best known to referee Jonathan Moss.
Championship: Hull City double their lead against Aston Villa as they look for their seventh consecutive win. An unmarked Evandro converts at the far post, getting on the end of a cross.
League Two latest
- Lincoln City 1-0 Grimsby Town (result)
- Cambridge United 0-1 Northampton Town
- Carlisle United 0-0 Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United 2-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-1 Port Vale
- Forest Green 1-0 Bury
- Macclesfield Town 0-1 Oldham Athletic
- MK Dons 0-0 Crewe
- Morecambe 0-1 Stevenage
- Newport County 0-0 Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Swindon Town
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Notts County
GOAL! Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace (Townsend 34)
Premier League: Well, call me Jonah. Wilfried Zaha skins James Milner and pulls the ball back into the penalty area for Andros Townsend to score. Liverpool are behind!!!
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Liverpool 0-0 Crystal Palace: The Anfield scoreboard operator has yet to be called into action today, but it seems like it may only be a matter of time. Virgil van Dijk has just headed over in a match that is being completely dominated by Liverpool.
More goals in League One
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-2 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-2 Walsall
- Luton Town 2-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 1-0 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Coventry City
- Rochdale 0-0 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Sunderland
Championship: Aston Villa concede against Hull City at Villa Park, where Jarrod Bowen has opened the scoring for the visitors.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Brighton (Pogba 27pen)
Premier League: Paul Pogba scores from the spot to give Manchester United the lead over Brighton at Old Trafford. He’d brought down by Gaeten Bong to win the penalty and duly converted.
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Cardiff City (Schar 24)
Premier League: Fabian Schar scores his first goal for Newcastle to give them the advantage over Cardiff City. It’s a fine solo effort, with Schar ambling past several defenders as he cut in from the right and fired past Neil Etheridge.
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Championship: Millwall lead Middlesbrough 1-0 at the Riverside, courtesy of a goal from Jed Wallace. Elsewhere, Jon Taylor has equalised for Rotherham against Brentford at the New York Stadium. It’s 1-1 there.
League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Bradford City 0-1 Southend
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Accrington Stanley
- Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Burton Albion
- Gillingham 0-1 Walsall
- Luton Town 1-0 Peterborough United
- Oxford United 0-0 Portsmouth
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Coventry City
- Rochdale 0-0 Fleetwood Town
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Sunderland
League Two latest
- Lincoln City 1-0 Grimsby Town (result)
- Cambridge United 0-0 Northampton Town
- Carlisle United 0-0 Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United 1-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-0 Port Vale
- Forest Green 0-0 Bury
- Macclesfield Town 0-1 Oldham Athletic
- MK Dons 0-0 Crewe
- Morecambe 0-0 Stevenage
- Newport County 0-0 Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Swindon Town
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Notts County
Championship: Preston lead QPR 1-0 at Loftus Road, where Jayden Stockley has opened the scoring with his first goal for the club since joining from Exeter City at the beginning of the month.
Championship: Brentford lead Rotherham by a goal scored by Kamohelo Mokotjo after two minutes, which I appeared to miss during all the ... um, excitement.
League One: Southend have taken an early lead against Bradford City. Elsewhere it’s Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Burton, Gillingham 0-1 Walsall and Luton Town 1-0 Peterborough United.
League Two: Oldham lead at Macclesfield through a penalty from Urko Mateos Vera, formerly of Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, on his debut. Elsewhere it’s Yeovil 1-0 Notts County.
A goal in the Championship: Derby County are off the mark after just three minutes, with Duane Holmes lifting the ball over Reading goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola to give his side an early lead.
League Two result: Lincoln City have extended their lead at the top of League Two with a 1-0 win over Grimsby Town at Sincil Bank. Harry Toffolo scored the winner after 12 minutes, while James McKeown was sent off for the visitors.
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Not long now ...
The last of the pre-match niceties are being conducted and our three o’clock (other time zones are available) kick-offs are about to get under way in grounds the length of the country. Stay tuned for updates ...
A late change for Manchester United ...
Luke Shaw has been struck down with illness of some kind and is replaced in the Manchester United line-up by Diogo Dalot, with Matteo Darmian now on the bench.
Match report: Wolves 4-3 Leicester City
Ben Fisher was at Molineux to see Wolves prevail in a thriller with a late, late winner from hat-trick hero Diogo Jota. Here are his thoughts on the final whistle.
A few selections of note ...
Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fields an unchanged side against Brighton.
Brighton: Chris Hughton also fields an unchanged side.
Liverpool: James Milner looks likely to fill in for Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back. Naby Keita and centre-back Joel Matip also come in for the injured Georginio Wijnaldum and Xherdan Shaqiri. Fabinho moves back into midfield after deputising in central defence last weekend.
Crystal Palace: Goalkeeper Julian Speroni - currently the Premier League’s oldest player, who turns 40 in May - makes his first appearance since December 2017 because of injuries to Vicente Guaita and Wayne Hennessey.
Bournemouth: Top scorer Callum Wilson returns from a hamstring injury in place of Junior Stanislas, while Artur Boruc replaces Asmir Begovic in goal.
West Ham: Marko Arnautovic is left out of West Ham’s squad for the game at Bournemouth amid reports of a move to China and is replaced by Andy Carroll.
Full-time: Wolves 4-3 Leicester City
Wolves hang on at the death to take all three points against Leicester in an absolutely terrific game at Molineux. Leicester fans have been complaining that watching their team is boring; this might prompt them to change their tune. Diogo Jota with a hat-trick as Wolves beat Leicester.
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Goal! Wolves 4-3 Leicester City (Jota 90+3)
Wow! Claude Puel has his head in his heads after some slapstick defending from his side allow Wolves to nick what looks certain to be a late winner through Diogo Jota. Puel’s opposite number, Nuno Espirito Santo has been sent off for his part in his team’s celebrations.
Goal! Wolves 3-3 Leicester (Morgan 87)
Wes Morgan has just nodded a terrific James Maddison free-kick home to equalise for Leicester City against Wolves at Molineux in the 87th minute. Follow the knocking of that one with Scott Murray.
Watford v Burnley line-ups
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Kabasele, Mariappa, Holebas, Cleverley, Capoue, Sema, Pereyra, Deulofeu, Deeney.
Subs: Gomes, Britos, Success, Masina, Gray, Quina, Wilmot.
Burnley: Heaton, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Barnes, Wood.
Subs: Lowton, Vokes, Gibson, Defour, Hart, Vydra, Long.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Newcastle United v Cardiff City line-ups
Newcastle: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie, Perez, Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu, Rondon.
Subs: Clark, Murphy, Manquillo, Joselu, Sterry, Roberts, Woodman.
Cardiff: Etheridge, Peltier, Ecuele Manga, Bamba, Bennett, Mendez-Laing, Ralls, Victor Camarasa, Hoilett, Paterson, Niasse.
Subs: Ward, Josh Murphy, Smithies, Reid, Gunnarsson, Cunningham, Harris.
Referee: Stuart Atwell (Nuneaton)
Southampton v Everton line-ups
Southampton: McCarthy, Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard, Valery, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Targett, Redmond, Ings.
Subs: Cedric, Long, Armstrong, Gallagher, Gunn, Slattery, Ramsey.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Andre Gomes, Gueye, Lookman, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Richarlison.
Subs: Baines, Walcott, Mina, Tosun, Stekelenburg, Davies, Calvert-Lewin.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Liverpool v Crystal Palace line-ups
Liverpool: Alisson, Milner, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Mane, Firmino, Keita, Salah.
Subs: Sturridge, Moreno, Lallana, Mignolet, Shaqiri, Origi, Camacho.
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Wan Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Ayew, Zaha.
Subs: Dann, Meyer, Schlupp, Benteke, Wickham, Kelly, Tupper.
Referee: Jonathan Moss (County Durham)
Bournemouth v West Ham line-ups ...
Bournemouth: Boruc, Clyne, Steve Cook, Ake, Smith, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser, King, Wilson.
Subs: Surman, Mousset, Daniels, Stanislas, Rico, Simpson, Begovic.
West Ham: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Antonio, Nasri, Felipe Anderson, Carroll.
Subs: Snodgrass, Adrian, Obiang, Hernandez, Masuaku, Xande Silva, Diangana.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Manchester United v Brighton line-ups
Man Utd: De Gea, Young, Jones, Lindelof, Shaw, Ander Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Pogba, Martial, Rashford.
Subs: Bailly, Sanchez, Mata, Lukaku, Andreas Pereira, Dalot, Romero.
Brighton: Button, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, March, Gross, Stephens, Propper, Locadia, Murray.
Subs: Saltor, Kayal, Andone, Knockaert, Balogun, Steele, Gyokeres.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
GOAL! Wolves 3-2 Leicester City
Ruben Neves and Diego Jota have combined to restore Wolves’ lead over Leicester City at Molineux. Jota, it was, who picked up a pass over the top from Neves, before leaving Wes Morgan in his dust and rifling home a shot that took a big deflection off Kasper Schmeichel, who was unable to keep it out. There are 24 minutes left and Scott Murray has the latest.
More goals at Molineux ...
Mild-mannered he may be, but Claude Puel appears to given his Leicester players a rocket up the collective backside at half-time. Goals from Demarai Gray and Harvey Barnes in a four-minute spell in the 47th and 51st minutes mean it’s now Wolves 2-2 Leicester City with a little over 30 minutes to play. You can follow the action with Scott Murray.
And finally, League Two
Lincoln City are sitting pretty at the top of League Two, three points clear of Bury despite having played two games fewer. Danny Cowley’s side entertain Grimsby town in today’s 1pm kick-off and currently lead at Sincil Bank by the only goal of the game, scored by Harry Toffolo after 12 minutes.
Today in League One
League leaders Portsmouth travel to Oxford United, hoping to maintain their four point lead over Luton Town, who entertain Peterborough United. In third place, a point behind Luton but with a game in hand, Sunderland travel to mid-table Scunthorpe.
Some easy listening ...
Faye Carruthers was in the hot-seat in place of the holidaying Max Rushden for Thursday’s thrilling instalment of Football Weekly, in which we discussed the travails of Arsenal, Marcelo Bielsa’s PowerPoint presentation and a whole lot more besides.
Today in the Championship
Norwich City beat Birmingham 3-1 in last night’s match at Carrow Road, a game of two halves … only the first of which was any good. The Canaries kept the pressure on leaders Leeds United, who have had an eventful week which they end with a trip to Stoke City.
Today in the Premier League
Wolves are hosting Leicester City in the day’s lunchtime kick-off and it’s currently 2-0 to the home side at half-time, where Diogo Jota and Ryan Bennett have scored the goals.
Later on, Roy Hodgson takes Crystal Palace to Anfield, where the former Liverpool manager is not remembered with any great fondness by the locals who were less than impressed with his spell in charge. They’ll be even less impressed if Palace can do a number on the league leaders, ahead of Manchester City’s trip to Huddersfield tomorrow Nearer the bottom of the table, Newcastle entertain Cardiff City in what is arguably the pick of the other three o’clock kick-offs.
The weekend starts here ...
Unless you’re a fan of Norwich City or Birmingham City, in which case it began last night. Semantics aside, on a busy afternoon of football featuring no end of intriguing fixtures, we’ll bring you team news, build-up, score updates and all the other major talking points as assorted dramas are played out the length and breadth of the UK.
